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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1948
Page
8
Oran and nearby residents share a flurry of visits and family gatherings. Mrs Arthur Lockwood and Nan cy join Waterloo guests. Barbara Hausler from Oran stays with Cedar Rapids families. extended clan from Maynard, Oelwein, Fairbank and Clermont attend dinners, church events, and a Cedar Falls reunion. Family trips include Cedar Rapids and Burlington tours. Lorber family plans move to New Providence as school superintendent.
An old advertisement for Teol fungicide touts rapid action and deep germ penetration. It promises a 35 cent back guarantee if not pleased and notes the product is a strong fungicide made with 90 percent alcohol. The copy mentions Pfeiffer Drug as a point of sale.
Seats spend a few days visiting family including Mrs Grae and granddaughter Joan of West Union. Otto Suhr of Fairbank called on his mother Mrs Anna Suhr. Mr and Mrs Boran of Waterloo visited her parents, Mr and Mrs Frank Call. Merle Sharp made a business call in Oelwein. Mrs Fred Tiede of Alden and Mrs Anna Bailey visited their brother Earnest Buenzin on Sunday.
The writer recalls covering political conventions with a humorous view of front line trenches. They describe wandering Chicago hotels, discovering delegates were at a plumbers convention, and relying on gossip from distant contacts to learn nominations. The piece satirizes access and inside information during political events.
Mrs Eloise Murray and others hosted Father's Day dinners at the Howard Mosher home in Independence and the Clair Anderman home in Oelwein. Guests included the Cecil Slater family of Lamont, Morris Vande Voorde family, Dale Miller, Paul Hoaglan and daughters, and Lynn Slater of Waterloo. The 4-H cubs held their annual picnic at City Park. Other visits included Howard Heywood hosts with Walter Hilmer of Delaware and Maurice Foffel of Winthrop. Charline Vander Woorde hosted a lawn party and wiener roast for her school class. Mrs Rose Heywood traveled to Minneapolis for a funeral and stayed several days with her son Harold. James Slater and sons Vern, Virgil, and Leland of Amherst, Wis., visited the Slater home.
Des Moines special agent for the Iowa Fire Insurance company Lloyd Brown attended the funeral of Lloyd M. Hoover. In a separate note, D. H. Miller hosted visitors Tuesday while Mr. and Mrs. Will Moeller were dinner guests in the Vernon Renwick home.
A Saturday afternoon shower at Elm er Trudo home honored Nadean Forde bride elect. Beverly Kranbeer sang, with piano by Mrs. Trudo. After luncheon, the bride opened gifts as plans for a July 10 wedding to Aldean Trudo were noted.
The American Dental Association reports that pure water is the best mouth wash due to its low cost stability availability non irritation and harmlessness even if swallowed. It notes water offers a simple effective option for daily oral hygiene without additives.
A good crowd attended Sunday services at St Paul Lutheran church Maynard followed by a picnic dinner. Marietta Bounder visited local friends then returned to Decorah. Mr and Mrs Harry Meyers of Leroy Minnesota visited Ben Meyers. Mr and Mrs Howard Cushion of Warm Water advised using tepid water for watering houseplants as cold water may shock roots and slow growth.
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